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Help, whats wrong with my SLI

dont waste money on a new cpu and get an ati1950 pro 512meg for £117 inc vat
or if u have the money a 8800 gtx for £200
 
No, I think he said he has an Athlon 64 3000+

Not an X2, and not an Athlon clocked at 3GHz.

The the OP - perhaps you could just clarify this?
 
No, I think he said he has an Athlon 64 3000+
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Yep, thats right. Single core.

At the end of the day, i want a machine that kicks some ass so ill probably be spending a fair bit on it (as and when i can afford it).

I'm tempted to sell my graphics cards ... but. This will leave me without a graphics card because ill need the cash to invest in an 8 series.

So my plan is ...

Buy an AM2 Athlon 64 x 2 6000+ (i think ther just over 100 squids). Overclock it, buy another couple of gigs of memory. And overclock the 7600s, until i can afford to buy an 8 series (probably 8800 GTX) outright.

What is the overclocking potential for the 6000+? and the 2 7600s. Its got to be pretty good right?

Also, whats the difference between cheap DDR2 and shiny stuff?

Cheers dudes.
 
Good stepping AMD 6000+ get about 3300mhz-3500mhz on high end air.

There is a 89watt AMD6600+ due but still 90nm not new 65nm and a AMD 6400+ basically you can make any 6000+ to 3200mhz yourself for free.

Its possible you could get a AMD 5600+ higher as its 65nm and low watts, some are getting high clocks.

I had links to database etc for clocks but deleted after Crosshair fried and took 2 of them CPU's down, now on Intel.
 
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On a side note, something for you to giggle at. I upgraded my mobo to an SLI board a while ago. When it come to swapping the CPU over i struggled with the gay plastic handle that comes on Athlons these days. After the relief of unlocking it, i then proceeded to rip the heatsink and fan, complete with CPU welded onto the bottom out of the mobo, obviously without lifting the handle on the socket. Whoopsie. :eek:

It all looked ok, but I did notice the CPU didnt fit in the new mobo. Further examination revealed a row of pins looking a bit like this //\\///\/\////. At this point i had commited to going to PC world to get any old CPU as a temporary fix. However, i thought i'd try and straighten the pins out.

After searching the house for my little screwdriver set without much success. I resorted to the chocolate fondue tool in the kitchen drawer.

It well worked aswell **ka-ching**.

NEVER .... underestimate the usefullness of a fondue tool when playing with PC hardware. :rolleyes:
 
Just for the sake of clearing this up.

I replaced the PSU with a 450W one (previously 350W) and added another gig of RAM
fps is now caining out 200ish constantly.

There we go
 
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